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He weighed 24 stone at aged 13, but now Eirn is training as a gym instructor and inspiring others with his journey.

Eirn Buckley, 27, from Cleethorpes, weighed up to 24st 9lb stone as a pupil at Lindsey School – between ages 13 and 16.

His weight “yo-yoed” during his school years and began its negative impact on his confidence and mental health.

He admitted to losing weight in “dangerous and unhealthy” ways in his late teens to early 20s when he “didn’t take care of himself”.

Eirn Buckley is training as a gym instructor and inspiring others with his weight loss journey (Image: Eirn Buckley)

During this time, Eirn’s weight fluctuated between 24st 9lbs and 17st 12lbs.

He said: “I used to suffer pretty bad weight wise, confidence wise, and in terms of mental health.”

It wasn’t until 2016 when Eirn became “horribly winded” when jogging up a flight of stairs that he realised something had to change.

He added: “I ran upstairs and became horribly winded. From then, I built my gym and started to train better, but I still wasn’t taking great care of myself.

“I worked all hours and trained in cardio all the time, so again I lost weight but I was badly unfit.

“I continued to train on and off horribly from there until I recently started learning about nutrition and fitness.”

Eirn dropped to 17st 7lbs stone after educating himself in nutrition and fitness.

Eirn Buckley weighed up to 24.9 stone as a schoolboy at Lindsey School – between ages 13 and 16. (Image: Eirn Buckley)

Since starting his fitness journey, he has taken part in the Humber Half Marathon and the Orsted Great Grimsby 10K.

“I was sitting at 24st in school and now I am down to 17st 7lbs - not model fit, I am aware, but a huge change for me personally," added Eirn.

The sales member at Bannatyne Health Club and Spa, in Humberston, is currently studying a level two gym instructor qualification as it’s his aim to “inspire at least one person” through his weight loss journey.

He added: “By the end of this year into early January, it’s my aim to reach 16 stone. I want to progress from here in both my fitness and employment.

“I want to inspire somebody else, someone who was just like me, to start their weight loss. I want to be the person I needed when I started out.

“So many people say: “I’ll start tomorrow”, or “I’ll start on Monday and then binge all Thursday”, but you need to start when the motivation hits.

“As soon as motivation hits, get up and hit the gym. It’s easy to have a lazy day, and you can still have that, but just get yourself into the gym in the morning and then you can slob out all day.

He has taken part in Humber Half Marathon and Orsted Great Grimsby 10K (Image: Eirn Buckley)

“What nobody talks about is the mental health side to losing weight and exercising in a healthy way. The endorphins are fantastic.

“It’s all helped me to get out of a dark place and although everybody has their own way of healing, exercising is excellent for your mental health.”

Eirn has been documenting his weight loss journey on Instagram and has recently started a YouTube channel, where he plans to upload more about his weight-related experiences.

He added: “Don’t upset yourself with the beautiful people on Instagram who claim you can have their bodies in six weeks.

“All you need to be is better tomorrow than you were today. That person might not even look like that in real life, they could be heavily photoshopped.

“I have had ups and downs to get where I am. If you have a bad day, that’s OK just try again tomorrow.

“I have been uploading my journey on Instagram. I am hoping to introduce some positivity into the social media world again.”

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